Re: police report against the petition mob

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Daniel Pocock wrote:
> On 29/03/2021 12:59, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>   
> > On 29/03/2021 02:49, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
> >     
> > > Daniel Pocock wrote:
> > >       
> > > > <rms@gnu.org>: host eggs.gnu.org[209.51.188.92] said: 550 bad domain -
> > > > email
> > > >     sysadmin@fsf.org for details (in reply to RCPT TO command)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>: host eggs.gnu.org[209.51.188.92] said: 550
> > > > bad
> > > >     domain - email sysadmin@fsf.org for details (in reply to RCPT TO
> > > > command)
> > > >         
> > > Those messages say "bad domain" ... either someone has very specifically
> > > rigged the mail server to specifically reject your email with a bogus
> > > error, or there was a very unfortunately timed configuration error that
> > > caused a GNU MX to be unaware that gnu.org exists.  Considering that the
> > > former would require specially modified code, while the latter could be
> > > the result of an innocent typo in a configuration file, I would suspect
> > > the latter to be more likely.
> > >
> > > Evidence that this only affected you would, of course, change that
> > > view.  Did sysadmin@fsf.org reply when asked about this?
> > >       
> > If it is deliberate, I suspected it might be a personal insult against
> > my name
> >
> > We see these people being so harsh on RMS but then they play these games
> > with other people
> >
> > It first started on Sunday.  As a developer and a volunteer, If I choose
> > to volunteer some of my Sunday to support Free Software, I don't see why
> > I should lose that time engaging with people who use insults and coercion.
> >
> > [...]
> More observations:
>
> - your reply didn't appear in the list archives, or it was removed
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2021-03/threads.html
>   

It is worth noting that *nothing* after March 28 appears in that 
archive; this is consistent with a general failure of the FSF email system.

> - sysadmin@fsf.org is also bouncing so we just have to CC for now:
>
> <sysadmin@fsf.org>: host mail.fsf.org[2001:470:142::13] said: 550 bad
> domain -
>     email sysadmin@fsf.org for details (in reply to RCPT TO command)
>   

This is also consistent with a general failure of the FSF MX node.  (I 
would not be surprised at all if eggs.gnu.org and mail.fsf.org are the 
same machine.)

A control message sent to the GNU bug tracker did go through, but 
debbugs.gnu.org is its own MX.  All that said, other mailing list 
archives do seem to have been collecting messages; we shall see if this 
message appears in the archive.


-- Jacob